Paddler Katie Vincent and breaker Philip Kim were named Canada's flag-bearers for Sunday's closing ceremony of the Pan American Games. Paddler Katie Vincent and breaker Philip Kim were named Canada's flag-bearers for Sunday's closing ceremony of the Pan American Games."It is a huge honour to be named flag-bearer," Vincent, 27, said in a statement to the Canadian Olympic Committee.
"This was my first time at the Pan Am Games, my first time in a village and a Games environment. It was really cool meeting other athletes and this experience overall has been amazing."Watch some of the best performances from the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.Surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin of Tofino, B.C., and boxers Tammara Thibeault of Shawinigan, Que., and Wyatt Sharpe of Kennetcook, N.S., were also handed the coveted gold and white souvenir tickets to Paris after their events.
Winning medals, qualifying for Paris, competing for the first time in a multi-sport Games, and for the first time in that environment without COVID-19 restrictions, were among the Canadians' many goals and objectives in Chile."Everybody comes with different goals in mind," Canada's chef de mission Christine Girard said Sunday. "I think they all came to get what they needed from these Games.
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